Masquerade- How Halloween Can Help Boost Your Spa Sales!

With Halloween right around the corner, you are probably busy trying to find the perfect costume for yourself or your kids. This is a great time however, to think about the season and how you can incorporate it into your sales at your salon and spa! This is a great time for retail promotions for your at-home care masks. It ties into the Halloween theme... Read more →

How to Plan a Successful Holiday Spa Event: Be Prepared!

With holiday season just around the corner, now is a great time to start planning a special event for your Salon or Spa. ‘Tis the season for gifting and shopping and a spa event is a great way to get clients in your spa to purchase gift certificates, retail products, and schedule full length spa services for themselves or their loved ones. Lemongrass... Read more →

How To Land A Job: Look Good for the Interview

Aristotle said, “Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference.” Well, it’s no wonder  CNN reported that Plastic Surgery is up due to job-seekers desire to look younger (and more beautiful!). Well, I’ve never been a proponent of plastic surgery, but there is a definite correlation to “looking good”... Read more →

End of Summer Skincare Repair

With the end of summer drawing near, this is the perfect time to focus on repairing your client’s skin. Although you have done everything short of chaining your clients to their homes to keep them out of the sun, there are still those “sun-worshipers” who are going to be in need of some serious skin attention this fall. Fall is the perfect season... Read more →

The Hunt is On! Finding the Perfect Spa Job for You

There are many different kinds of salons, spas, as well as alternative career paths that possess both pros and cons in determining what job is best for you. The majority of esthetics jobs posted in the newspaper or online are either a hair salon with one facial room or a freestanding day spa. In either case, the skincare business is underdeveloped or... Read more →

January Spa Treatments & Promotions to Get Your Clients Looking Fitter, Healthier & Glowing!

New Year! New Decade! New You! Get your clients back in the spa with great detox packages and winter skin care that will have them glowing from head to toe! 1. Come January 1, clients are looking to detox after the Holiday over indulgence and get back into shape. How can spas offer “detox” treatments and what do they do? One word: Seaweed!!!... Read more →

What’s Your New Year’s Resolution?

More than 30 years since I first began my career as an esthetician in a Manhattan studio, looking back on the dreams I started with, I have two reflections: First, the road has not been paved in facials; there have been very rewarding times and there have been very tough times as well. Secondly, I have accomplished the dreams I set out with, and now... Read more →

Business Tips From Esthetician & Day Spa Owner Julie Mahoney, Oasis Day Spa

Julie Mahoney of Oasis Day Spa in Weymouth, MA shares business tips that have been most successful at her top rated Day Spa.  Julie was this past year’s Spa de Beaute Award Winner 2010 and also received Top Honors as Employer of the Year 2010 by Day Spa Magazine. She shares how becoming a Repechage Concept Spa has helped her take her business... Read more →

How to Recreate an African Spa Oasis: Oasis Day Spa Launches Kanshi, Weymouth, MA, November 5, 2010

Last weekend, Julie Mahoney, owner of Oasis Day Spa in Weymouth, Massachusetts, hosted a special event to launch new aromatherapy spa line, Kanshi . Drawing on inspiration from overseas, Julie went all out to create a true experience beginning the minute anyone stepped foot in her doors. From African factoid cards to the African-inspired menu... Read more →

How To Plan An Event At Your Salon & Spa

Shiri Sarfati jumps into a category that’s been getting a lot of questions. Shiri discusses great tips on planning the next successful event at your salon or spa.  Read More →

« Previous Page — Next Page »